Charles Proxy Converter

Read Charles Proxy Log file and import to Proxyman app

1. What's it?

Proxyman is capable of converting and reading the chls files from Charles Proxy app to har format that Proxyman can understand.

You can manually convert the files from the File menu -> Convert -> chls to har

2. How does it work?

In general, Proxyman uses Convert CLI from Charles Proxy to convert .chls to .har, which Proxyman can understand.

  1. As soon as you open chls file, Proxyman tries to find the Charles Proxy app, which has a bundle ID is

    com.xk72.Charles

  2. Convert by using the convert command

$ ./Applications/Charles.app/Contents/MacOS/Charles convert ~/Desktop/input.chls ~/Desktop/output.har

3. The output is har formatted in your Desktop directory

3. How to use?

There are several ways to open chls files:

  • Open the chls file directly (Double-Click on the file, or Open With from Finder app)

  • Drag and drop the file to the Proxyman app

  • File -> Open and select chls files

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